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Did Manchester City Win Because Their Captain Vincent Kompany Is Doing An Executive MBA?!

Will the brainy footballer be an unstoppable force in the Premiership once he completes one of...

posted on: 16 May 2012 | 2 comments

Microsoft Manager Quits New York City For Cranfield MBA!

Margaret Sherer was attracted to Cranfield's Crisis Simulation Exercise, and she wasn't...

posted on: 13 May 2012

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London The Primate City

Can you imagine setting up a brand new internet company in the UK’s third largest city,...

posted on: 4 May 2012 | 1 comment

Fast Drop in Number of Male Only FTSE100 Boards

Cranfield School of Management predicts 26.7% of directors could be women by 2015 and 36.9% by 2020

posted on: 3 May 2012

Warwick Business School Announces £2m Of Scholarships For Students Entering MBA and Masters Programmes This Year!

The Warwick First Scholarship worth up to £13,750 and the Dean’s Scholarship worth up to...

posted on: 29 April 2012 | 2 comments

University of Exeter Innovation Centre Hosts UK's Most Upwardly Mobile Firms

A BBC report named Exeter as one of the top UK cities for high-growth businesses. Two of its...

posted on: 28 April 2012

Students From The Lancaster Global MBA In Jordan Get A Taste Of The UK Campus!

Lancaster University Management School currently teaches its Global MBA in Singapore, Jordan and...

posted on: 23 April 2012

Google, Gaming And Getting Ahead!

The mysterious forces of game theory govern our lives and the world around us, according (kind...

posted on: 19 April 2012 | 2 comments

Aston MBA Wants to Take Local Indian Handicrafts Global

With experieince in CSR and sustainable marketing, Swati Randev-Verma is launching a...

posted on: 13 April 2012

Bath MBA Convinces Executive Search Firm To Create A Role for Him

Engineer-turned-consultant Anirban Basu convinced Granger Reis to let him do his MBA project at...

posted on: 10 April 2012

Lancaster MBA Discusses IT’s Potential in Indian Social Development

The Indian government can take a more systematic approach to delivering robust social change in...

posted on: 10 April 2012

Two Promotions At Work For Part-time MBA Student!

Aston Business School's Geoff Guerin received two promotions at UK health insurance firm BHSF

posted on: 29 March 2012 | 1 comment

Taipei Girl Wants Asia To Go Green

Exeter One Planet MBA Karen Huang says sustainability must go mainstream if Asia is to keep growing

posted on: 20 March 2012

Sudanese Vet's Local Project Turned Into A Major CSR Initiative For Oil Firm

Lancaster MBA Husameldin Elnasri proposed a CSR model that led to over US$45 million being pumped...

posted on: 19 March 2012

From MBA Intern to Real Estate Manager

Bath School of Management Careers Office helped Dominik Adamus find the internship, that led to a...

posted on: 12 March 2012 | 3 comments

Why Are Women Still Marching?

Cherie Blair And Other Female Leaders Support International Women's Day

posted on: 8 March 2012

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My MBA Application Journey: Part three

Our MBA Applicant visits a couple of contingency schools and accepts an offer from one of them!

posted on: 6 March 2012 | 3 comments

Imperial MBA Helps Ex-Russian Academic Become A Consultant

Literature professor-turned-export manager Yulia Emelyanova wants to set a great example for her...

posted on: 29 February 2012 | 1 comment

Predict The Future By Observing The Past, Says Game Theorist

Professor Patrick McNutt, Visiting Fellow at Manchester Business School, says we can observe...

posted on: 28 February 2012

Aston MBA Brings West African Fruit Juice To Europe

Italian Claudio Scotto followed a girl to Sierra Leone and now he's set up the country's first...

posted on: 22 February 2012 | 3 comments

Indian Branding Specialist Develops His Own Social Network On Bath MBA

Marketing specialist Abhishek Roy was also selected by chemicals firm Castrol for a study of...

posted on: 17 February 2012 | 2 comments

Infosys Analyst Turns Evangelist For Exeter One Planet MBA!

Reshmi Halder studied the green credentials of UK high street banks. The Co-operative Bank came...

posted on: 6 February 2012 | 1 comment

Risk Expert Wants Jordanian Business To Address Sustainability

Exeter One Planet MBA student George Siryani wants to set up a risk management consulting firm in...

posted on: 30 January 2012 | 3 comments

Imperial Launches Marketing MSc For The Tech Age

Students on the MSc Strategic Marketing will submit assignments digitally, in the form of social...

posted on: 30 January 2012 | 2 comments

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My MBA Application Journey: Part One

34 yrs old, 720 GMAT, 10 year career, 3 and a half languages - enough to get into a top b-school?

posted on: 24 January 2012 | 12 comments

The University of Bath School of Management Q+A

Biotechnologist Meenakshi Ram interned at a pharma firm in Singapore during her MBA in the UK

posted on: 21 January 2012

Telecoms High-flyer Breaks for Manchester MBA

Manchester's 18-month MBA just the right length for telecoms engineer who helped launch iPhone in...

posted on: 20 January 2012 | 2 comments

Marathon Runner and Lancaster MBA Now Running Her Own Business

Michelle Farber runs Farber Strategies, a London-based communications and strategy firm

posted on: 19 January 2012 | 4 comments

Women MBAs: The Management Consulting Industry Needs You

AT Kearney hosts a frank-talking, Women in Business brunch at LBS

posted on: 12 January 2012

Virgin Media Manager Makes Time For OU MBA

Clive Phelps is Head of Programmes at Virgin Media Business and the firm sponsors his MBA

posted on: 6 January 2012

Aston MBA Provides Relief From Italian Bureaucracy

Senior manager at one of the world's biggest language schools chooses Aston to get back into UK...

posted on: 4 January 2012

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The MBA Plunge

Lancaster MBA experience

posted on: 29 December 2011 | 6 comments

Anyone for Game Theory? Imperial Launches MSc Economics and Strategy For Business

The new MSc program will help recent grads pursue a more generalist path in business

posted on: 21 December 2011 | 2 comments

MBAs Fave Vacations And Hot Trends For 2012

Hungary, Sweden, Germany... MBAs are heading where the jobs are and not, sadly, to the beach

posted on: 16 December 2011 | 1 comment

Manchester MBA Bringing Information To Uganda

Khalid Arbab’s eco-friendly computers are a new educational lifeline for remote Ugandan villagers

posted on: 15 December 2011 | 2 comments

What Do MBAs Want For Christmas?!

No more reality TV and a composting bin... surprisingly not everyone said they wanted a job.

posted on: 12 December 2011 | 3 comments

Unpublicised Strengths Will Help Japan Recover Says MBA Yui Kamikawa

Yuichiro Kamikawa was compelled to find the next step in corporate sustainability after the...

posted on: 8 December 2011 | 9 comments

Bath MBA Helps Media Consultant Gain Credibility

Simon Munroe found that his MBA was not about learning facts. It was about finding models to hang...

posted on: 6 December 2011 | 6 comments

OU MBA Helps IT Consultant Go Freelance

After being made redundant from Pfizer, Dave Stockey went freelance, and he hasn't looked back!

posted on: 5 December 2011 | 8 comments

Management Consultant And Punk Rock People Manager On OU MBA

Peter Cook's employer paid for his MBA as it was better value than hiring a consultant

posted on: 30 November 2011

The Growing Influence Of The Lancaster MBA Alumni Network

Whether it is an after work drink or a job introduction, the alumni network is a useful resource...

posted on: 28 November 2011 | 6 comments

Californian Sustainability Consultant On Exeter’s One Planet MBA

The One Planet MBA At Exeter is creating planet-minded business leaders

posted on: 28 November 2011

Acoustic Consultant Uses Bath MBA To Move Into Management Consulting

Ex-engineer Phil Way worked on outpatient analysis for a local NHS hospital for his MBA project

posted on: 16 November 2011 | 8 comments

London's Next Generation Of MBAs

Prospective MBAs and alumni gather for the BusinessBecause MBA Drinks Club In London

posted on: 10 November 2011 | 1 comment

Warwick MBA Consulting At LVMH

Hasan Hussain consulted Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy on their social media and recruitment practices

posted on: 10 November 2011

MBA Students: Should Greece exit the Euro?

As the Eurozone faces its largest challenge to date, we asked Greek MBA students what decision...

posted on: 9 November 2011 | 1 comment

I Ambushed A Meeting And Ended Up In Charge Of Blackberry In Eastern Europe

Former investment banker and Imperial MBA grad Eric Braune talks about his lucky break

posted on: 9 November 2011

Former British Army Officer On Tackling An MBA

Anthony Clark-Jones is using the MBA as a launch pad into the corporate world

posted on: 8 November 2011

Inside View: Citigroup IT

Citigroup VP and Cass MBA Jaspal Negi on running the bank’s global IT program and how an MBA...

posted on: 5 November 2011 | 7 comments

Get insider contacts for top jobs, investment, mentoring

OneLeap is a new company founded by MBAs from Cambridge's Judge School of Business

posted on: 2 November 2011 | 2 comments

Manchester MBAs Organise Summit On Today's Business Environment

The 2nd annual Manchester Business Summit brings together 300 MBAs, academics, entrepreneurs and...

posted on: 1 November 2011 | 3 comments

Inside View: UBS Derivatives Settlements

Nicholas Syme works for UBS and is currently completing an MBA at Warwick Business School. In...

posted on: 1 November 2011 | 1 comment

Dean Of The Open University Business School, James Fleck, Talks About Learning Methods

James Fleck discusses the 'powerful learning methodology' at Open University

posted on: 31 October 2011 | 4 comments

IBM Chief Executive Gives Imperial Students Insider Tips For Business Success

Samuel J. Palmisano spoke as part of Imperial College Business School’s Distinguished Guest...

posted on: 28 October 2011 | 3 comments

Award Winning Drug Discoverer On His MBA At Aston Business School

Vincenzo took a part-time MBA alongside his work at GlaxoSmithKline

posted on: 25 October 2011 | 1 comment

South America Waking Up To The Need For Environmental Education

Mexican MBA student Sybil Gomez has come to England to learn about sustainable business

posted on: 21 October 2011 | 4 comments

Student Who Switched From Distance-Learning To Full-Time MBA

Malaysian Adelaine Yeo found it hard to balance a distance-learning MBA around her job

posted on: 20 October 2011 | 15 comments

Sink, Swim or Fly: Opportunities In A Post-Recession World

The Manchester Business Summit will be tackling some of the largest issues in the business world...

posted on: 19 October 2011 | 1 comment

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Students win £10,000 for plan for mobile phone charging business

MBA students win the Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Design business plan competition

posted on: 18 October 2011

Telecoms Whizz On Lancaster MBA

Viktor Bale has a PhD in telecoms engineering and did an MBA to get a better understanding of...

posted on: 13 October 2011 | 6 comments

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Employment Prospects Brighten for MBA Graduates

Meet a bunch of business school admissions staff one-on-one

posted on: 22 September 2011

Ripcurl Environmental Officer On Riding The MBA Wave

Eric Dargent’s passion for the environment has meant a good fit with Exeter’s One Planet MBA

posted on: 20 September 2011 | 2 comments

UK Careers Managers Discuss How To Find A Job Online

University careers managers from across the UK mull over the use of social networking to land a job

posted on: 19 September 2011 | 2 comments

Open University Business School Grad Says Ingenuity Key to MBA Success

Ekaterina Ershova wanted to move from operations to senior management, and the Open University...

posted on: 16 September 2011 | 3 comments

MBA With Added Pressure On Exams

Kate Midttun is due to give birth six days after her MBA exams

posted on: 15 September 2011 | 2 comments

Exeter MBA Trades Iraqi WMDs For Cheesecake

Café owner Muhammad Lameen Abdul-Malik was part of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning team at the...

posted on: 26 August 2011

Aston MBA And DHL Executive On Asian Tsunami

Aston MBA Yasmin Aladad Khan was in Thailand when the tsunami hit. She used her knowledge of...

posted on: 24 August 2011 | 1 comment

To MBA or Not To MBA?

Warwick Business School Turns To Shakespeare To Help Its MBAs

posted on: 3 August 2011 | 2 comments

Why Doctors Need An MBA

As management issues become more important in the NHS, more doctors are enrolling in business...

posted on: 20 July 2011 | 2 comments

Heart Monitor Device Wins Bath MBA Entrepreneurship In Action Competition

A heart attack triggers automated call to emergency services through the patient's smartphone

posted on: 1 July 2011

Distance Learning MBAs Build Team Skills

Open University Business School’s Associate Dean says that distance learning enhances team-work...

posted on: 26 June 2011 | 3 comments

Learning To Learn In The Countryside

posted on: 25 June 2011 | 2 comments

P&G Exec And Mother On Imperial Distance Learning MBA

MBA was a 40th birthday gift to herself for Preethi Das of Imperial College Business School

posted on: 24 June 2011 | 3 comments

Three Great Business School Green Programs

More business schools are offering programs that integrate business and environmental issues

posted on: 7 June 2011 | 2 comments

European MBAs Reveal Their Ideas For Future Ventures

The European Business Plan of the Year Competition is taking place from 3 to 4 June at Cranfield.

posted on: 22 May 2011

An MBA That Helps Business Managers To Address Environmental Issues

University of Exeter Business School student discusses the advantages of new One Planet MBA...

posted on: 4 May 2011

Guangzhou Trip Opens Lancaster Student's Eyes

Busy week in China's southern manufacturing base left Andrew Ponnambulum with as many questions...

posted on: 29 April 2011

Aston MBA On Why Students In China Miss Out

Humanities grads are more at ease with Chinese culture and education system, says HR professional

posted on: 23 April 2011 | 3 comments

CSR In India Has Moved Beyond Philanthropy

Nottingham University Business School student says doing an MBA in Corporate Social...

posted on: 15 April 2011 | 2 comments

Exeter MBA Seeks Teamwork Skills For Success in Azerbaijan

Networks and team-building go further than professional skills in Central Asia, says Azerbaijani...

posted on: 8 April 2011 | 3 comments

Exeter’s WWF Partnership Leads to Sustainability MBA

One Planet MBA programme aims to teach future business leaders to make the most of limited world...

posted on: 31 March 2011 | 3 comments

MBA Club: Wine

Members gain commercial insight into a booming market, insists Cass Business School Wine Club...

posted on: 28 March 2011 | 2 comments

Lancaster MBA Wanted To Understand Corporate Lingo

Morten Overgaard was a senior supply chain manager at Swedish retail group ICA, and is now a...

posted on: 24 March 2011

Aston MBA Rejects Unethical Employers

Energy sector jobs carry burden of responsibility, claims Greek engineer

posted on: 21 March 2011 | 2 comments

Marketing Manager Swears by Distance Learning

Part-time MBA with Open University lets me keep my independence and provides superior learning...

posted on: 27 February 2011 | 5 comments

Imperial MBAs Fight It Out Over Innovation Projects

Entrepreneurship Projects in Full Swing at Imperial Business School

posted on: 16 February 2011 | 3 comments

Lancaster MBA and Rotaract Scholar Challenges Expectations

Mongolian student explains the benefits she received from managing social projects as a...

posted on: 15 February 2011 | 2 comments

Guide to MSc Finance Programs

You'll get another chance to apply for graduate recruitment schemes, and pick up some useful...

posted on: 9 February 2011

Cranfield Calling! Interview With Head of Admissions Chris Saudella

BusinessBecause travels to Cranfield to hear what makes the the school stand out

posted on: 7 February 2011

Hear It From The Students: Videos Look Inside B-school Life

A whistle-stop tour of the best MBA student videos released recently reveal big challenges,...

posted on: 27 January 2011 | 3 comments

How To Be Google-y And Other Tips On Getting Hired By Google

Google Business Process and Compliance Specialist James Butler, a graduate of Imperial College...

posted on: 21 December 2010 | 6 comments

Pros And Cons of Studying Business In The UK

Being in a global center of business and finance is a plus, but the weak economy is a negative

posted on: 15 December 2010 | 1 comment

Are You Fluent In Web 2.0?

Beyond buzzwords like “social” and “interactive”, what opportunities does the worldwide...

posted on: 8 December 2010 | 2 comments

Going Back to the Mainstream

posted on: 25 November 2010 | 1 comment

Does an MBA make you unethical? Finally some evidence

Freek Vermeulen, Associate professor of Strategic & International Management at LBS airs his views

posted on: 22 November 2010

The University of Exeter Business School Q+A

Students on the One Planet MBA at University of Exeter Business School can hope to build...

posted on: 18 November 2010 | 3 comments

To BRIC or not to BRIC?

Professional development via language learning

posted on: 12 November 2010 | 3 comments

The Experience So Far: Warwick EMBA Students Reflect

Students from the construction, telecoms, medical devices and healthcare sectors share their...

posted on: 10 November 2010 | 4 comments

Learning Ethics at Cass Business School

Ethics may be more important than some people may think. Edouard Larpin debates the issue with...

posted on: 25 October 2010

Masters Student on Why She Chose London Business School

MSc Management teaches skills that can be used throughout your career says Nour Khalifeh

posted on: 12 October 2010 | 4 comments

If You Want To Enter The Rice Business Plan Competition Read This

Lancaster MBA shares his experiences of reaching this year's semi-final, and why he chose the UK...

posted on: 3 October 2010 | 1 comment

Cass Students Have The Financial Markets At Their Fingertips

Thomson Reuters study zone opens at Cass Business School in London

posted on: 28 September 2010 | 3 comments

OU Business School MBAs Gather In Versailles To Graduate

Open University Business School knows how to throw a graduation

posted on: 15 September 2010 | 3 comments

From Farewell My Concubine to Shakespeare

Doreen Liu came to the UK looking for Shakespeare and fell in love with portfolio management

posted on: 25 August 2010

Micro-credit Scheme Helps Ghanaian Entrepreneurs Out of Poverty

Grad from NUBS goes from saving Ghanaian beekeepers to local entrepreneurs

posted on: 30 July 2010 | 2 comments

Judge MBAs Predict Football World Cup

Argentina, Paraguay, France and Spain four final four? (This was two weeks ago)

posted on: 25 June 2010 | 1 comment

Business School News: Aston Grad Sets Up Book Charity

MBA brings much-needed business books back to Nigeria

posted on: 14 May 2010 | 3 comments

Professor finds snobbery prevails at the seaside

Social classes can't bear to mix even while on holiday and Nordic school receives global...

posted on: 10 May 2010 | 2 comments

Warwick Business School Reveals “Over-achieving” Football Managers

Sensible management leads to substantial financial returns for football clubs

posted on: 7 May 2010 | 1 comment

UK Shadow Chancellor: Britain Will be

Catching George Osborne Off-Guard

posted on: 6 May 2010 | 3 comments

Warwick Hires “Happiness” Professor

Elite European b-school invests in industry expert to lead the world in Behavioural Science teaching

posted on: 26 April 2010

Aston Opens First University Islamic Finance Centre

The Centre is the first of its kind in Europe

posted on: 15 April 2010 | 2 comments

New Masters Aims to Develop Business Leaders

Industry leaders collaborate on new program

posted on: 13 April 2010 | 1 comment

Imperial Girls on Park Lane

Women from Imperial Business School met up for cocktails and cucumber sandwiches

posted on: 12 March 2010 | 1 comment

Business Leaders Can Survive Under Attack

Lessons for emergency services can be applied to business, argues Aston professor

posted on: 16 February 2010 | 1 comment

Birmingham MBA Turns Trash Collector

Oh's idea is sustainability at its finest

posted on: 3 February 2010 | 5 comments

Domestic and International Students Pay The Same At BPP

Dean of BPP Business School talks about the challenges of opening the new school.

posted on: 3 February 2010 | 2 comments

Solvent Sheikh's Last Visit

London Business School hosted Sheikh Mohammed 24 hours before Dubai debt crisis broke

posted on: 3 December 2009 | 4 comments

Can MBAs Lead Us Out Of Recession?

Business professor argues there are too many MBAs in the economy while Cap Gemini executive...

posted on: 20 October 2009 | 8 comments

MBA Students On Debate About Their Leadership Abilities

MBAs at this year's Oxford Business Debate on whether they can lead us out of economic crisis

posted on: 20 October 2009

Son Follows Father's Footsteps to Warwick MBA

Matthew Bailey pips his dad by a few marks, but 18 years ago Les had no internet

posted on: 6 October 2009 | 6 comments

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